חָתַר (ḥātar) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning dig. It appears
8 times
in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2864).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 783)
Range of meaning (TWOT 783)dig, row; force a passage, with oars
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חָתַרverb: dig, row
Strong's H2864חָתַר: to force a passage, as by burglary; figuratively, with oars KJV:dig (through), row.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.